New York governor says she called for China’s consul general expulsion after aide charged

New York’s governor on Wednesday said she called for the expulsion of China’s New York-based consul general, Huang Ping, after her former aide was criminally charged in a US court as an agent for Beijing.

“I have conveyed my desire to have the consul general from the People’s Republic of China and the New York mission expelled, and I’ve been informed that the consul general is no longer in the New York mission,” said Kathy Hochul, New York’s top official.

But State Department spokesman Matthew Miller denied that the Chinese envoy, Huang Ping, had been expelled, instead characterising the official’s departure as “the end of a regular scheduled rotation”.

Huang began his post as China’s consul general in New York in 2018. He previously served as a visa officer in Washington from 1988 to 1990 and as consul general in Chicago from 2008 to 2010.

The diplomat arrived in America’s most populous city after serving as China’s ambassador to Zimbabwe.

Linda Sun, ex-aide to New York governor, charged with acting as undisclosed Chinese agent

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